Before entering first grade, little Mina used to love to read books. Once school started, her teacher began a program to motivate her students to read. She began to give stars to those children who finished a new book. As a result, Mina no longer reads while she is at home. What has likely occurred?
A) Mina's intrinsic motivation decreased.
B) Mina's extrinsic motivation decreased.
C) Mina's intrinsic motivation was unchanged.
D) Mina's intrinsic motivation was increased.
A
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Mary has schizophrenia and exhibits symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, lack of emotional expression, and social withdrawal. Mary exhibits:
A) positive symptoms but not negative symptoms. B) negative symptoms but not positive symptoms. C) both positive and negative symptoms. D) neither positive nor negative symptoms.
On the basis of what evidence were the properties of synapses first inferred?
A. The electron microscope B. Single-neuron recordings C. Behavioral observations D. PET scans
If you wished to do a case history, you would
A) study people in a natural setting. B) first plot the score for each of two variables on a graph. C) collect data on the relevant events in one person's life. D) choose an independent and dependent variable.
In terms of undoing, which is most involved?
a. tending to maintain properties of the main object or focus of the story unless a different focus is provided b. satisficing c. the law of small numbers d. counterfactual thinking driven by availability and frequency effects